State v. Turner

WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY.

There is no authority in the law for a support enforcement services officer of the DHHR to issue a summons to a defendant in a child support proceeding ordering the defendant to show cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of contempt of court because of a failure to comply with a judgment rendered in the cause. Accordingly, the order of the juvenile court for the issuance of a bench warrant rendered when defendant failed to appear in court after having been served with a warrant issued and served by a support enforcement officer is set aside, and the…